234 ELENKOOAMPA SB.RICANS. 



longer than the head and thorax, broad in the middle, sharply pointed 

 at the apex; the edges of the segments are white. The breast and 

 pleurae are smooth and shining; the cenchri are large, white; the 

 blotch is distinct. The legs are covered with a long white pile ; the 

 anterior tarsi pale. Wings slightly fuscous throughout ; the tr. radial 

 nervure is received a little past the middle of the third cubital cellule ; 

 the second cubital cellule has a distinct horny point ; the first cubital 

 nervure is received near the middle of the second cubital cellule ; the 

 second in the basal fourth ; the third cubital cellule is nearly as long as 

 the fourth. $ and <^. 

 Length 3f lines. 



The long, pointed abdomen, short antennas, uniformly 

 coloured wings, as well as the coloration of the legs, 

 will serve to distinguish this species. 



Hartig says that the posterior tibige in the ? are 

 pale, but this is not the case with the specimens I have 

 seen. 



Blennocampa monticola, Htg., = feriata, Zaddach 

 (Beschr., p. 35), differs from sericans in having the 

 third joint of the antennae double the length of the 

 fourth, while in sericans it is not more than a quarter ; 

 in monticola the antennae are scarcely longer than the 

 thorax ; the legs are shining, black ; the apex of femora 

 and the tibiae externally white, the tarsi are black, the 

 anterior, however, being paler than the posterior. 



I have seen several English specimens of sericans, 

 but I do not know the precise locality where they were 

 taken. 



Continental distribution : Germany, Holland, France* 



Black, anterior knees testaceous ; wings blackish at base. An- 

 tennse shorter than thorax, thick, third joint double the length 

 of fourth. Third cubital cellule a little longer than second, 

 slightly dilated at apex ; second and third transverse cubital 

 nervure s with distinct bullse ; tr. median nervure received in 

 middle of cellule. Head dilated behind the eyes ; frontal sutures 

 and fovea distinct; pentagonal area confused; clypeus trun- 

 cated at apex. Eyes reaching close to mandibles (Species 3). 



